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| Sunday, 19 February 2006 |
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Spectacular Navam Perahera : The robust colours of February
The beasts of honour, however, were the elephants, decorated in magnificent finery also brought down from all round the country. Inaugurated in 1979, the perahera is conducted by the Gangarama temple every February to mark Navam Poya Day. Pix by Buddhika Weerasinghe
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As usual this February the streets of Colombo were transformed into an
atmosphere of festivity with over 1000 artists taking part in the
spectacular Navam Perahera; undoubtedly one of the finest expositions of
traditional forms of art. Beginning with the Kasa Karayas (the
whip-crackers) the procession consisted of stilt-walkers, conch blowers,
rhythmic dancers and drummers representing traditional dance forms from all
parts of the country. 
